It’s hard not to wonder, with the visual riot and chaos of cooking pancakes in this fabulous book, whether there have been spies in my household for years...
Saturday is Pancake Day is a gorgeous, messy and
delectable (I use that word loosely) rendition of a family tradition taken to
extremes. The huge pancake on the cover is tactile with those little holes that
signify the very best of pancake-dom. Fancy.
Milo makes the best pancakes, but today, Henry doesn’t feel like them. What? Why? Who in their right mind doesn’t like pancakes?
This book
sets out to explore all of the best things that young readers naturally love to
engage with – messy kitchen fun, deliciousness (although with some of the food
combinations, that’s debatable), the harnessing of creativity and the noble
tradition of being kind to others.
This award-winning
author/illustrator duo are a match made in the kitchen (see what I did there!).
The colourful and funny illustrations are a delight – with multitudes of ideas
and sub-plots to wonder through visually, as the wordy chaos looms larger and
more frenetically on each page until the wonderful, warming climax.
A book that
both children and adults alike will enjoy reading until the cows come home. Or
the pancakes are ready. Whichever is first.
Title: Saturday Is Pancake Day
Author: Bernadette Green
Illustrator: Daniel Gray-Barnett
Publisher: Scribble, $24.99
Publication Date: 27 February 2024
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781761380389
For Ages: 3 - 7
Type: Picture Book